Art Davidson, MD
Director of Public Health Informatics, Denver Public Health
Principal Investigator, Colorado Regional Health Information Organization
"Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) is working to build Colorado's capacity for state-wide health information exchange. Funded primarily by AHRQ's federal contract for a State-Regional Demonstration, we conceived, designed, and implemented a 'record locator service' health information exchange based on the Connecting for Health Common Framework federated model.
The Markle Connecting for Health Common Framework principle of 'transparency' contributed significantly to the process of engaging community leaders and progressing toward the formation of a non-profit to serve all patients in Colorado. Promoting 'local control of the data' and a distributed design helped engage healthcare entities and establish a positive atmosphere of trust, while maintaining a modest technical scope that could be implemented.
The policies and data sharing agreement documents were critical to demonstrating that a viable model could be achieved with appropriate safeguards for privacy and security. The Common Framework provided specific language to promote dialogue about how to address liability and indemnification, and we used the Common Framework's 'Model Contract for Health Information Exchange' as the basis for our own CORHIO data sharing agreement.
The documents discussing 'patient identity (P5)' and 'patient matching (P4)' were incredibly helpful to our process of understanding a Master Patient Index (MPI), both for technical reasons as well as for communications and community marketing. We are implementing an MPI which includes the reference to the 'locations' where clinical data for an identified patient resides. Each 'location' (participating organization) individually responds to requests for information (lab data, radiology, medication, problem list, and EKG) as described by Connecting for Health's Record Locator Service (RLS). Our participating organizations have reviewed materials from the CFH web site, which has significantly accelerated their understanding and engagement in our HIE discussions."
Senior Health Policy Analyst for the Washington State Health Care Authority, and Project Manager for the Health Record Bank Project
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Chair, Consumer and Provider Engagement Committee
Executive Director, Maryland Health Care Commission
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Director of Public Health Informatics, Denver Public Health
Principal Investigator, Colorado Regional Health Information Organization 
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Chair, Independent National Physician Advisory Board, OptumInsight
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